Cowbit Peak Hill Weston Weston Hills Oct/Nov 2020 Elloe Oracle Elloe Oracle Community Contacts Cowbit Village Hall 01406 821836 Darren Harper , [email protected] Weston Village Hall 07745 577517 Anne Temple Weston Hills Village Hall 01406 380717 Maralyn Surman Cowbit Parish Council 01945 700417 Dominique Leedham [email protected] Weston Parish Council 01406 371231 Graham French [email protected] Police 0797 3845396 PCSO Tracy Mason Police (non urgent) 101 Victim Support 01205 315905 Weston Shop and PO 01406 370744 Open Mon—Sat 7am to 7.30pm ,Sun 8am-2pm Moulton Medical Centre 01406 370265 8am—6pm Registration of Births, 01522 782244 Mon—Fri 8am to 6pm, Sat 9am to 4pm, For Deaths, Marriages booking appointments at Spalding, Long Sutton, Boston, Bourne or Stamford. Pilgrim Hospital 01205 364801 Johnson Hospital 01775 652000 Peterborough City 01733 678000 Hospital NHS Direct 111 Weston Hills Church Rev. Charles Brown , 01733 211763 , [email protected]. Rev. Annie Billson—01733 211648, [email protected]. Sally Wilson ,01775 760352 , [email protected] Churchwardens - Paul Bellamy , 01775 724929 - Christine Woolsey , 01775 769345 Weston Church Rev. Charles Brown, 01733 211763 , [email protected] Rev. Annie Billson, 01733 211648, [email protected] Cowbit Church Rev. Charles Brown, 01733 211763 , [email protected] Rev. Annie Billson—01733 211648, [email protected]. Churchwardens –Dinah Fairbanks ,01406 380692 -Pauline Start , 01406 380599 Methodist Church Rev Alan Barker,01406 423270, [email protected] 2 Anglian Water emergency 0800 771881( 24hrs) Electricity—Loss of supply 0800 0568090 Flood line 08459 881188 Environment Agency 0800 807060 Action Fraud 0300 123 2040 AgeUK 03455 564 144 Mon-Fri 9am-4pm 0800 4708090 out of hours Advice line 0800 1696565 Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 9177 650 Alzheimer's Society 01522 437069 Boston Women's Aid 01205 311272 Call Connect—Bus Service 0845234334 Child and Adolescent Mental 0303 123 4000 Health Services [email protected] ChildLine 0800 1111 Lincolnshire 0800 3895272 Citizens Advice Bureau 03444 111 444 www.citizensadvicesouthlincs.org.uk County Care Independent Living 01754 611153 [email protected] Dementia Support Service 0303 123 4000 Domestic Abuse 01205 318600 Lincolnshire Carers Partnership 01522 554214 Lincolnshire County Council 01522 310010 Macmillan Cancer Support 0800 8080000 National Drugs Helpline 0800776600 NHS Direct 111 Parent line 01733 312457 Relate and Bereavement support 01205 315920 RSPCA 0300 1234 999 ( 24hrs) Samaritans 0845 790 9090 South Holland District Council 01775 761161 Volunteer Car Service 01775 719290 Pat Preston 3 Welcome to The Elloe Oracle Magazine Dear Friends and Neighbours I hope that this edition finds you all safe and well! This community magazine has reached a new milestone as we now move our circulation to 2000 homes and rising. Many thanks to all of you who contribute to our featured articles and information. We are always looking for new content so please do get in touch if you have any ideas. A big thanks to all of our advertisers and the local parish councils who support us throughout the year and to the many volunteers who deliver the magazine across our villages. As winter approaches the threat of a return to lockdown looms . We will try our best to ensure that we can deliver the magazine as we know for some of you it is a vital link to information about who and how you can get help. Stay safe! Janet South Holland Parish Voluntary Car Service Check out what’s new in this edition If you need transport to Doctors, Dentist, Chiropodist, Hospital etc. Call Pat Preston on 01775 719290 Features Would you like to be one of our Page 12—Inner Wheel Voluntary Car Drivers? Page 13—Chilli Chicken No set hours, drive to fit in with you. Page 14/15—New Covid Advice You get a payment of 45p per mile and New Advertisers free DBS check. Page 23—Steve’s Interior Decorating Ring Sharon on 01406 366820 or Service, Coley’s Funeral Service Greg on 07754580656 Page 27—R A Hall Decorating Service for more information. Copy deadline for next edition Wednesday 11th November 4 South Holland District Council As lockdown measures started lifting gradually, and people starting to venture out again, SHDC announced that market fees in Spalding will be waived until 30 November. This has been encouraging with new traders using the free period to take part in the market. Shop-ping locally has been a key point since the COVID outbreak, so please continue to support local business and economy . SHDC Strategic Housing team has taken handover of 9 new properties at the Small Drove, Weston. The properties are a mixture of two and three bedroom semi- detached and terraced houses. Five of the properties will be let on Affordable Rent tenancies, and four will be sold on Shared Ownership leasehold terms. Andrew, Anthony and Rodney are delighted these properties are now completed as it re-affirms the Councils commitment to deliver high-quality housing and affordable prices. Sadly, there has been and increase in fly-tipping cases over recent months. This ongoing issue continues to be a blight on the landscape and a cost to the taxpayer. If you see fly-tipping, or even it happening, please contact one of us, or report online at www.shol-land.gov.uk/reportit. Please remember if you require and assistance during the Pandemic, the Street Ambassadors are still operating within the ward and continue help households and those who have been shielding during the Pandemic by shopping, collecting prescriptions and checking on that those who are unable to get out. If you require assistance, please contact your Ambassador or Andrew. Please continue to stay safe and follow the Government guidelines. Should you have any issues, please feel free to contact your councilors on: Andrew Woolf 01406 373008, 07868 701659, [email protected] Anthony Casson 01775 723965, 07889 811845, [email protected] Rodney Grocock 01775 713989, [email protected] Member of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings: John Hayes House of Commons, Westminster ,London.SW1A 0AA Constituency Office 24-25 Westlode Street, Spalding,PE11 2AF Tel: 01775 711534 5 My Garden World by Monty Don is a New releases for Oct/Nov 2020 celebration of every living creature that we all share. This year has given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. Whether you live in the countryside or the town, Monty's observations and insights are relevant to each and every one of us. My Garden World is Monty Don's personal journey through the natural year, month by month, season by season, observed from the immediate world around him. 'Wildlife is not something that we watch happening in remote and exotic parts of the world on our screens, but right here in our own back yards and the more that we encourage it and learn to live with it, the more rewarding it becomes. If, in our own modest back yards, we can help preserve and treasure our natural world then we will make the world a better place -- not just for ourselves but for every living creature.' 6 Cowbit St Mary’s C of E Primary School School Office— 01406 380369 www.cowbit.lincs.sch.uk Everyone is happy to be back at school, especially the teachers. Pupils have adapted quickly to the new routines and procedures. We are very pleased with the support given to us by parents, pupils and the wider community. Our online Classroom Dojo system has proven to be very useful in providing a stronger form of communication between parents and teachers. Pupils are enjoying earning loads of Dojo points which we are looking to develop into our new rewards system. Donaldson Class—we are so happy to be back at school playing and learning with our friends. Our new classroom is engaging and keeping us ( and our teachers) very busy. Dahl Class—this term we are investigating electricity and have already created a simple circuit making a light bulb shine, a motor run and a buzzer sound. We have talked about how to be safe around electricity and made posters that can be displayed around school. We will later be exploring who Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison were and their role in how electricity is used today. Morpurgo Class—This term in Maths we are revisiting place value and refreshing our mental maths skills. In English we are creating a newspaper article based on a short video clip called the Light House. We pretended to be newspaper reporters and interviewed Kane, the distraught captain of the ship which nearly smashed on the rocks when the massive lamp suddenly went out in the lighthouse. Our topic this term is Light and Sound. We investigated how mirrors work and formulated interesting questions about different materials that can be reflective. We are currently investigating which materials are the most reflective. Friday is our PE day. We completed a variety of obstacle courses to get us back into shape. 7 Cowbit Village Hall As we reported in the last issue of Elloe Oracle we had been awarded lotto funding to upgrade the car park I’m pleased to say this is now started, subject to white lining the two parking bays are built and the base for the new storage is also complete, the committee are now looking at ordering the new lodge to replace the old weathered and worn sheds that have now been removed. The Village Hall was very happy to support the school during the end of last term and allowed them to use the hall exclusively; the remaining children were in the school and able to and keep social distance.